Outcomes Tools

The Knee Society recognizes the important role of evidence based practice.
The Society provides several tools to allow both clinicians and researchers
to evaluate and document the effectiveness of surgical and non-surgical
interventions for conditions of the knee.

The Knee Society welcomes your professional comments and suggestions
on this work in progress.

Web Resources:

This article originally appeared in Clinical Orthopaedics 1989 Nov;(248):13-14.
PMID: 2805470. It provides a discussion of why and how the rating system
was developed. (Used with permission by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.)

This article originally appeared in Clinical Orthopaedics. 1989 Nov;(248):9-12.
PMID: 2805502. It provides a discussion on the development of the Knee
Society system for the objective evaluation of postoperative artificial
knee replacement x-rays.(Used with permission by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.)

Downloadable Tools:

This form originally appeared in Clinical Orthopaedics. 1989 Nov;(248):9-12.
PMID: 2805502. It provides an example of the form suggested by the Knee
Society for the evaluation of postoperative artificial knee replacement
x-rays.(Used with permission by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.)

Related Resources:

For more information on the current state of outcomes determination
in general in orthopaedic surgery, this web
page provides a set of links to pertinent information available
on the Internet.